Cornufer exedrus

species of amphibian

Cornufer exedrus is a frog. People have seen it between 1500–1700 meters above sea level in the Nakanai Mountains in Papua New Guinea. Scientists have seen it 1500 meters above sea level.[2][3][1]

Cornufer exedrus
LC (IUCN3.1Q)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Amphibia
Order: Anura
Genus: Cornufer
Species:
C. exedrus
Binomial name
Cornufer exedrus
(Travers, Richards, Broadhead, and Brown, 2018)
Synonyms[2]
  • Cornufer (Batrachylodes) exedrus Travers, Richards, Broadhead, and Brown, 2018

This frog is much smaller than other frogs in Cornufer.[4]

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group (2022). "Solomon Islands Giant Treefrog: Cornufer exedrus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 3.1: e.T136931703A136931713. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T136931703A136931713.en. S2CID 242998325. 136931703. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Frost, Darrel R. "Cornufur exedrus Travers, Richards, Broadhead, and Brown, 2018". Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference. Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York. Retrieved February 14, 2023.
  3. "Cornufer exedrus Travers, Richards, Broadhead, and Brown, 2018". AmphibiaWeb. University of California, Berkeley. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  4. Scott L Travers; Stephen J Richards; Taylor S Broadhead; Rafe M Brown (2018). "A new miniature Melanesian Forest Frog (Ceratobatrachidae: Cornufer) from New Britain Island, constituting the first record of the subgenus Batrachylodes from outside of the Solomon Archipelago". Zootaxa (Abstract). 4370 (1): 23–44. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4370.1.2. PMID 29689853. Retrieved February 14, 2023.